HSK 6 · Objects

钩子 gōuzi “hook” in Chinese

Traditional 鉤子

What 钩子 means

  1. hook

How to say 钩子

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale钩gōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

钩子 in a sentence

  1. 把你的外套挂在钩子上。

    Bǎ nǐ de wàitào guà zài gōuzi shàng.

    Hang your coat on the hook.

    Sentence #838520 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 钩子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 钩 (gōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
钩gōuto hook
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīn
  • 勾to hook · gōu
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 钩子

钩 9 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

钩子 (gōuzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 钩子 (gōuzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 钩子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Objects & Materials

灯笼dēnglong · lantern垫diàn · cushion粉末fěnmò · powder附件fùjiàn · attachment拐杖guǎizhàng · walking stick罐guàn · jar古董gǔdǒng · antique棍棒gùnbàng · club

FAQs

钩子 (gōuzi) means “hook”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōuzi: gōu with a 1st tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 钩子 is written 鉤子. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gouzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 钩子 from the suggestions. Typing gouzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
钩子 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.